DeepSeek V3.2 vs Kimi K3.1 Pro
Kimi K3.1 Pro leads DeepSeek V3.2 on coding, 82.2 to 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index, and DeepSeek V3.2 costs 12.5x less per output token ($0.80 vs $10.00 per million). Updated October 29, 2026; 14 benchmarks have a result for both.
DeepSeek V3.2 or Kimi K3.1 Pro: which to pick
Pick Kimi K3.1 Pro for coding: it scores 82.2 on the Vibe Coding Index against 30.0 for DeepSeek V3.2.
Pick DeepSeek V3.2 for output tokens 12.5x cheaper ($0.80 vs $10.00 per million).
- Shared results
- 14
- DeepSeek V3.2 only
- 60
- Kimi K3.1 Pro only
- 21
- Like-for-like categories
- 5 of 9
Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.
Which one for your work
Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.
Coding
Vibe Coding Index, six public coding benchmarks
Kimi K3.1 Pro
Kimi K3.1 Pro scores 82.2 against 30.0.
3 and 4 benchmarks behind the scores
Intelligence
AA Intelligence Index
No call
Only Kimi K3.1 Pro has a AA Intelligence Index result, 46.0.
Directional only
Reasoning
GPQA Diamond
No call
Only DeepSeek V3.2 has a GPQA Diamond result, 80.3%.
Directional only
Math
AIME
No call
Only DeepSeek V3.2 has a AIME result, 84.6%.
Directional only
Knowledge
MMLU Pro
No call
Only DeepSeek V3.2 has a MMLU Pro result, 84.9%.
Directional only
Web design
Design Arena: websites
Kimi K3.1 Pro
Kimi K3.1 Pro leads, 1325 against 1174.
Same board, both measured
General
Vals Index
No call
Only Kimi K3.1 Pro has a Vals Index result, 62.5%.
Directional only
Long documents
Listed context window
Kimi K3.1 Pro
Kimi K3.1 Pro takes 1.05M tokens against 164K.
Listed by OpenRouter
Everyday cost
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V3.2
DeepSeek V3.2 $0.0007, Kimi K3.1 Pro $0.0070 per turn.
List prices
Cost per solved task
One SWE-bench Verified task, solved
No call
Only DeepSeek V3.2 has the number, $0.99.
Directional only
At a glance
- Coding index
- DeepSeek V3.2 30.0 from 3 benchmarks, Kimi K3.1 Pro 82.2 from 4 benchmarks.
- Widest category
- Coding, 51.8 points apart on average over 4 shared benchmarks.
- Widest single gap
- Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): DeepSeek V3.2 5.1% against Kimi K3.1 Pro 84.9%, 79.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
- Output price
- DeepSeek V3.2 $0.80 against Kimi K3.1 Pro $10.00 per million output tokens, 12.5x apart.
- Context window
- DeepSeek V3.2 takes 164K tokens, Kimi K3.1 Pro 1.05M.
Benchmark by benchmark
First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.
| Category | DeepSeek V3.2 | Bars | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Ties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coding | 0 | 4 | ||
| Reasoning | 0 | 1 | ||
| Math | 0 | 1 | ||
| Web design | 0 | 7 | ||
| General | 0 | 1 | ||
| All shared boards | 0 | 14 |
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index04
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWE-bench Verified | 70.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| SWE-bench Multilingual | 59.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LiveBench coding | Not measured | 81.8% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LMArena WebDev | 1363 | 1695 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| AA Coding Index | 44.2 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) | 80.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI) | 67.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI) | Not measured | 63.6% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI) | 5.1% | 84.9% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| IOI (Vals AI) | Not measured | 81.9% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run) | 86.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| SciCode | Not measured | 60.8% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run) | 35.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| Terminal-Bench | 39.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| ALE-Bench | Not measured | 1932.8 | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: coding | 1453 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: software and IT | 1449 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena WebDev: React | 1350 | 1701 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| LMArena WebDev: HTML | 1371 | 1706 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here | |||
IntelligenceDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index2 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AA Intelligence Index | Not measured | 46.0 | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 146.1 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index12 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveBench research | Not measured | 77.9% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LiveBench browser | Not measured | 75.9% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LiveBench long agentic | Not measured | 39.1% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 24.9% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Legal Research Bench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 37.5% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Harvey's Legal Agent Benchmark (Vals AI) | Not measured | 11.7% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| BioMysteryBench (Vals AI) | Not measured | 75.6% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Terminal-Bench-Science (Vals AI) | Not measured | 31.4% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| Vals Science Index | Not measured | 44.4% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| τ²-Bench Telecom | 90.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| APEX-Agents | 21.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| Vending-Bench 2 | $1,034 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 30 boards here | |||
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 80.3% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LiveBench reasoning | Not measured | 91.1% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| MysteryMechanism (Vals AI) | Not measured | 26.1% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run) | 84.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run) | 24.6% | 52.5% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| ARC-AGI | 57.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 4.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts | 1434 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: expert | 1436 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: hard prompts in English | 1446 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 13 boards here | |||
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIME | 84.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| MGSM (Vals AI) | 86.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run) | 92.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| ProofBench | Not measured | 91.0% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LMArena Text: math | 1435 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: mathematical work | 1440 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| MathArena | 15.5% | 59.6% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Neither model has a result on the other 7 boards here | |||
KnowledgeDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index11 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU Pro | 84.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LegalBench (Vals AI) | 76.1% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| CaseLaw (Vals AI) | 55.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| CorpFin (Vals AI) | 51.0% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| TaxEval (Vals AI) | 68.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| MedQA (Vals AI) | 93.9% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run) | 86.2% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: science | 1445 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare | 1440 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: legal and government | 1425 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: business and finance | 1410 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here | |||
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index07
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design Arena: websites | 1174 | 1325 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Design Arena: UI components | 1144 | 1400 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Design Arena: game dev | 1130 | 1410 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Design Arena: data viz | 1159 | 1300 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Design Arena: 3D | 1129 | 1451 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Design Arena: all code categories | 1162 | 1354 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Design Arena: SVG | 1030 | 1328 | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| Design Arena: ASCII art | 1080 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LiveBench design | Not measured | 77.8% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vals Index | Not measured | 62.5% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| LiveBench data analysis | Not measured | 79.1% | Only Kimi K3.1 Pro measured |
| IFBench | 60.7% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| Long context reasoning (AA-LCR) | 73.3% | 86.3% | Kimi K3.1 Pro |
| DTBench | 85.6% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMCA | 28.8% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| CL-bench | 12.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| CL-bench Life | 7.4% | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text | 1424 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: instruction following | 1413 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: creative writing | 1400 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: English | 1439 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: non-English | 1409 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: Chinese | 1455 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: German | 1413 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: Japanese | 1375 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: Korean | 1369 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: French | 1429 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: Spanish | 1424 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: Russian | 1423 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: Polish | 1419 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: multi-turn | 1427 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: longer queries | 1428 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: writing and language | 1407 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| LMArena Text: entertainment and media | 1395 | Not measured | Only DeepSeek V3.2 measured |
| Neither model has a result on the other 23 boards here | |||
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
| Benchmark | DeepSeek V3.2 | Kimi K3.1 Pro | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neither model has a result on 5 boards here | |||
What each workload costs
Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.
Chat turn
1K input + 500 output tokens
DeepSeek V3.2 costs less
Repository review
50K input + 3K output tokens
DeepSeek V3.2 costs less
Agent loop
200K input + 10K output tokens
DeepSeek V3.2 costs less
Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.
Specification differences
The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.
| Specification | DeepSeek V3.2 | MoonshotAI Kimi K3.1 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Maker | DeepSeek | Moonshot AI |
| Weights | Open weights | No public weights listed |
| Released | December 1, 2025 | October 23, 2026 |
| Context window | 164K | 1.05M |
| Input $/Mtok | $0.28 | $2.00 |
| Output $/Mtok | $0.80 | $10.00 |
| Coding index | 30.0 | 82.2 |
| Independent measurements behind it | 3 | 4 |
| Cost per solved task | $0.99 | Not computable |
| Source | OpenRouter listing | OpenRouter listing |
Questions
Is DeepSeek V3.2 better than Kimi K3.1 Pro for coding?
Pick Kimi K3.1 Pro for coding: it scores 82.2 on the Vibe Coding Index against 30.0 for DeepSeek V3.2. Pick DeepSeek V3.2 for output tokens 12.5x cheaper ($0.80 vs $10.00 per million).
Which is cheaper, DeepSeek V3.2 or Kimi K3.1 Pro?
DeepSeek V3.2 costs $0.28 per million input tokens and $0.80 per million output tokens; Kimi K3.1 Pro costs $2.00 and $10.00. Cost per solved task is known for DeepSeek V3.2 only.
Which has the bigger context window, DeepSeek V3.2 or Kimi K3.1 Pro?
Kimi K3.1 Pro, with 1.05M tokens against 164K.
How many benchmarks is the DeepSeek V3.2 vs Kimi K3.1 Pro comparison based on?
14 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 29, 2026. DeepSeek V3.2's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and Kimi K3.1 Pro's on 4. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.